BU Downs CW Post in Football

BROOKVILLE, NY-- Dan Latorre (Elysburg/Southern Columbia) passed for 133 yards and one score to lead Bloomsburg University to a 13-6 win over C.W. Post on Saturday in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference action.

The Huskies (5-0, 2-0 PSAC East) jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first quarter scoring on their first drive of the game. Taking on its own 33-yard line, Bloomsburg drove to the CW Post (1-4, 1-1 PSAC East) 25-yard line before the drive stalled. Jon Koenig (Pine Grove/Pine Grove) then connected on a 42-yard field goal putting the visitors in front.

Bloomsburg made it 10-0 with just 36 seconds left before halftime when Latorre hit Kyle Ream (Eliottsburg/West Perry) with a 12-yard pass for a 10-0 advantage.

C.W. Post got on the board in the third period putting together a nine-play, 64-yard scoring drive with Jason Gwaltney going in from nine-yards out. The extra point though failed and the Pioneers trailed by a score of 10-6.

In the fourth period, the Huskies added to their lead when Koenig hit his second field goal of the day, this one from 30-yards out for a 13-6 lead with 8:56 to go.

The Pioneers started the ensuing drive on the Bloomsburg 47-yard line after a good kickoff return and a personal foul on the Huskies. On third and eight from the 45-yard line yard, CW Post quarterback Nick Georgetti threw a long pass towards the end zone that was broken up at the last second by Alex Landis (Pine Grove/Pine Grove). The breakup prevented what could have been the tying score.

After the Huskies got the ball back and took more than five minutes off the clock, the drive stalled giving the Pioneers one more shot. But, on a third and three from the CW Post 42-yard line, the Huskies' Andre Ellis (Lancaster/Manheim) intercepted a Georgetti pass giving Bloomsburg the win.

Latorre finished the game 14-26 for 133 yards and the one touchdown, while tailback Derrick Price rushed for 89 yards. Defensively, Greg Myers (Philadelphia/Dobbins) had eight tackles to lead Bloomsburg.

The Huskies, winners of 10-straight dating back to last year, will play at Millersville next week starting at 1 p.m.